The Penn's Grove record., 1887-07-30

In the last six months and TO have been
caused by false entries. Payne went
into business about two years ago, and
is supposed to have stolen to cover his
losses.
"A fire in the chinatown portion
OF Los Angeles, California, on the
morning of the oath, destroyed %
buildings, causing a loss estimated at
100000. The burned buildings had
been inhabited by about a thousand
Cinnamon. Fleischman Il Co.'S stable
and Vienna bakery, on West Thir-
teenth street, New York, were de-
stroyed by fire on the morning of the
2jth, with a number of horses. The
loss is estimated at $4,000. The light
house ON West Itasares Island, Mahon
Bay, Nova Scotia, has been destroyed
by fire.
Charles Richardson, three years
old, was scalded to death at Hunting
don, penna., on the evening Of the
oath, by falling into a tub Of hot
water.
"A storm on the afternoon of the
Goth did much damage near Shamrock.
on the East Pennsylvania branch of
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washouts occurred on the railroad,
which it will take several days to re-
pair. Many dwellings were flooded,
and the barns of Joel Reichert and
James b, Stauffer, near B~oyertown,
were destroyed by lightning. Several
horses persisted IN Reichert's barn. A
washout several hundred feet long Is
reported at Macungie, on the railroad.
The Methodist Church at LltiZ was
badly damaged by lightning. Thirty
families were flooded out of their
houses in the lower part OF Readi G by
the breaking of a culvert. During "a
thunder storm at Lock Haven, Penna.,
on tue Goth. lightning struck the ram
road track leading into the fire-clay
mine at F~aTrandsyille. All the men in
the mine were stunned and two OF
hem were severely injured. A tele-
gram from SusqueLanna, Penna., says
the rainstorm there twas the most
destructive ever experienced" The
track of the Erie Road for one thous.
and feet has been washed into the Sus-
guehanna river at Red Rock, four
miles west. impeding traffic. The JEFF
ferSon branch is abandoned on ac-
count of landslides. Bridges have been
washed away and highways and roads
destroyed. Several houses were car
rIed down the creeks. The loss in the
immediate vicinity Of SusQuehanna is
$4,000. Travel west on the Erie was
resumed on the afternoon of the Goth.
Mrs. Joseph Bennett, a wealthy
lady of Wichita, Kansas, was stabbed,
and, it is believed, mortally wounded,
by her step-daughter, Mary Bennett.
on the evening of the 25th. Mary,
who is Benefits daughter by his first
wife, went to Wichita from Hot
Springs, Arkansas. and was refused
admission to her step-mOther's house.
On the evening of the 25th, accOmpa-
MED 10y a young man, the girl drove 10
the house, and, upon Mrs. Bennett
coming to the door, drew a knife and
stabbed her twenty times in the breast,
face and arms. Crawford Benson,
colored, aged Is years, was taken from
the jail at kaufman, Texas, and
lynched, on the evening of the 25th,
He had assaulted a n~ine-year-old girl.
At Lebanon, Tennessee, on the morn
ing of the Goth. n. B. Lester shot AMI
killed j. T. Lane, a lawyer and u
bloAulllClAO NANlLCls "@p
deliberate and cold FLOODED. Lester
was very jealous of Lane, and had
frequently threatened to kill his own
wife on that account.
"A renewed of heavy rains at the
City of Mexico, which the sewers are
unable to carry off, causes fear for the
of the city in cast Lake TezcucO
should overflow its borders. 1t was
reported on the 10Th that the lake had
risen to the level Of the city.
The Warner Block in Minneapolis
was damaged by fire on the morning of
the 10Th, to the extent of $780, 600.
Several iiremen were injured. Oliver
A. Burns is believed to have been IA
tally injured by a falling chimney.
The Commercial Hotel and several
stores in Kankauna, Wisconsin, were
burned on the 18th. Loss, $25, 0CU.
The fire was started by small boys in a
barn.
John Thomas. Clinton Thomas
and Walter Hobbie were drowned by
into a whirlpool while bathing
at Smiths Ferry, near Galena, ILL.,
nojs, on the afternoon of the 25th.
AT Wilkesbarre on the Goth
May, Il workman on the scat
of the new bridge, fell into the
river and was drowned. While g. II,
a photographer, was boating
with two ladies, the boat struck the
scaffolding and was upset, and
Carey was drowned.
Joseph Gaback and Henry Doyle
were killed near Leadville, Colorado,
on the morning OF the 10Th, by the pre-
explosion Of a blast.
Edward ID. Fox, private secretary
to Governor Greene, of New Jersey,
was drugged In a barroom at Newark,
on the evening of the 25th, and robbed
a valuable gold watch which had
been presented to him by SIX ex-GoV.
ernors of the State.
Some unknown persons, on the
evening of the 25th, entered the weaver
of the Manvllle Company's cotton
mill, at Manville, Rhode Island, and,
by running a knife along the tops of
the rolls, ruined five thousand yards of
fancy goods on the looms. The mill
was recently the scene of a weaYers'
strike.